What Is BVO, and Why Is the FDA Banning It in Drinks? It’s pretty much an American tradition that the FDA only bans a controversial ingredient after companies have mostly stopped using it—that’s how it went with trans fats and with BPA in baby bottles. Now, brominated vegetable oil (BVO) stands ready to join the list. The additive was once used in Mountain Dew, and is… Read more…

Newsom Vetoes Bill Banning Caste Discrimination The bill had driven intense debate within the growing South Asian community in California.

Coinbase CEO slams JPMorgan for banning crypto payments in UK, suggests government should act Coinbase CEO Brian Armstrong slammed the move by Chase UK to ban crypto transactions, saying it was wrong for private companies to “deplatform” the industry.

How Montana’s Attorney General Made Banning TikTok a Top Priority How one of Montana’s top elected officials made banning the app a top priority, putting the state at the center of a geopolitical storm.

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Republicans Won’t Stop at Banning Abortion The attack on bodily autonomy is an assault both on political equality and reproductive freedom.

YouTube’s link spam situation is so bad that Shorts is banning links Illustration by Alex Castro / The VergeYouTube is taking preventative measures to tackle the increase in scams and spam appearing across its TikTok rival, YouTube Shorts. Starting August 31st, YouTube will gradually make links across Shorts comments, descriptions, and the vertical live feeds unclickable to prevent users from potentially being ex…

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Facebook needs stricter rules banning gender-based violence, says Oversight Board The board wants Meta to patch up the policy loopholes that allowed content promoting gender-based violence to slip through moderation. | Illustration by Nick Barclay / The VergeMeta’s Oversight Board is urging the company to take a stricter stance against content that normalizes gender-based violence after discovering a Facebook post mocking an …